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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
lCeBERG5 STRANNG SOUTH.


some Immense Ones seen in the Path OF
the Ocean Steamers.
WASHINGTON CITY, July IS Reports re-
ceived by tile United States photographic
office here indicate that this summer an uil-
usually large number OF great icebergs have
drifted very much further to the southward
than they usually appear. In the past six
weeks more than forty have been reported.
Capt. Baker, Of the Dutch steamer W A.
Scholten, mentions passing one on his last
trip westward that was $40 feet above the
water and would have covered 100 acres at
its base As about one eighth of the berg is
above the surface of the sea, the depth can
he easily calculated.
Capt Broekel, of the North German
steamer Adolf, reports that on his last voy-
age to America he passed three great ice
bergs, one 80 feet high and the others al
least 100 feet An English captain saw the
largest one of the week last week Capt
Campbell of the freight steamer st Rouans
passed an iceberg-or series of them-twC
miles long and 800 feet above the ocean al
the highest point This was i'll latitude 46
degrees. almost in the track of the passenger
steamers between New York and Liverpool
and only $40 miles farther north than the
latitude of Washington
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

and free from taint of perspiratlon by
adding Darby's prophylactic fluid to the
water used in bathing 1t removes all
offensive smell from the feet or any part
of the body Used as tooth wash il
will harden the gums, preserve the teeth,
cure toothache and make the breath pure
and sweet. Cures chahng and indamma>
tlon, piles, scald feet, oorns. etc.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

OF the success of Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the fact that every purchaser receives t
fair equivalent for his money, The ia.
millar headline 100 Doses One Dollar,
stolen by imitators. is original with anC
true only of Hoods sarsaparilla. Thit
can easily he proven by any one who de-
sires to test the matter For real econo
my, buy only Hoods Sarsaparila. Sole
by all drnggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

LONDON, July 1S-Signor Persico, the pa
bal envoy, in speech at the dedication Of ,
chapel at Wicklow, Ireland, Sunday, saiC
that since he had been i'll Ireland he had beer
inspired by admiration for the people. H,
believed that patriotism and reverence fo
the Catholic faith were deeply rooted in theil
breasts. The pope he saik, loves Ireland ant
therefore sent him as commissioner to study
the necessities of the country.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
SAFE AND SURE!
Real Estate in Rock Island.

No 1a1. Finely locatAd residence Second
avenue two story brick. ten rooms, 600 els Grn,
we'll and cellar water werks barn and oufbnns :;
nice thrifty trees; splendid lawn. one-thfd
down, balance easy terms ....--.--....-. $40
No. 103 Two story s-room house Twenty
first street; dood barn. large Rot and all the con
venieuces; $500 down, balance on time ON. $500
No. Ill Double tenement house Sixt street; !;
rents we'll. one third down, balance in /, :, and
years 81 900
Ne III. o e and oHta-h II story housc. sixth
street and Fourth avenue lot 4ox6t. one-third
down. balance in titFec years s4H
Ne. lfS. Two story house on Fourth avenue;
lot 40y10i; waterw0rks etc, une third down
htiahce easy .-.-.-'r'-r. Ni-afh
Nh ia House on Seventeenth street; lot COX
t+0 we located. one-third down, balance on
No 1T5 Fine resideu . on Fourth avenue. he
tween twelfth and rhirteeHth streets: lot sty1a0;
high and dry splendid cellar, ~ fett in the clear
large Groom hous bath rooms hot and cold
water. furHaee. etc large barn house alone cost
nearly Si001i. VIII sell on easy tern.s. Price
No. tr7. Good house and lot ON Eighth avenu :
splendid condition. well built. "a barlain s3,2n0
No lis Fine residence; one Of the neatest in
the CITY; 35y54; II rooms. haSene ni bath rooms.
hot and cold water: lot 7lx15e; lAcated on Fourth
avenue Very easy terms ---....... $500
Ne. 11a. Splendid property on Moline avenue ,
very large lot good house barn, etc $50
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

The best on earth can truly be said OF
Grigg's Glycerine Salve, which is a sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts. bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
Will positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Only 25 cents Sold nv druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, Ill,
says: Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, | feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know il. Have had
a running sore on my leg for eight years
my doctors told me | would have to have
the bone scraped or leg amputated
used, instead, three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Armies
Salve. and my leg is now sound and well
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents {
bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c
per box by Hartz & Bahnsen
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
jerks Dream.

jerks had a queer dream the other
night. He thought he saw prize, fight
ers' ring, and in the middle of 1t stood a
doughty little champion who met and de-
score or more of big, burly looking fell
lows, as they advanced to the attack
Giants as they were in size, the valiant
pigmy proved more than a match for
them. 1t was all SO funny that jerks
woke up laughing He accounts for the
dream by the fact that he had just come
to the conclusion, after trying nearly
every big, drastic pill on the market
that Pierce's tiny Purgative Pellets easily
knock out" and beat all the rest hollow
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
RESIDENCE PROPERTY.

No. 2S One half acre lot, two story frame
house 2sx36. Barn, good well, citern, te.,
81 400
No %. Good six room two story dwelling
house and lot in ooA s addition; cstern, well,
smqll irult. -. SlSoU
No s., bargain in a Two story frame house
on sixth avenue and Tweny-seeand street. good
lot, ele. Can be paid for in mon hly instalmenis,
No. T3 Nice two story dwelling Sixth ave
splendid Condition. well, Cstern and barn. easy
terms. Observation-Disclosures. ..S2,51n
NO. 81, Large two story brick Nineteenth
street; lHFg" attic. basement, furnace. well. els
tern, gas. wat r. 9TH rooms Very large lot. fbt
x.l6I5 good bar aud outhouses. Easy terms
No 81 Two story frame on Twentieth street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues. lot i5xl'n. . >
easy terms -..---..--..-.-- .----'----.- -sio"u
| No 81. Two story frame. ost $500: lot S0xs0
on Seventh aveune below EI veuth Il ... 81 ,2gi
No g6 House aud lot OF Fourteeth-and-a half
street beetweeh Sew nth ant Eighth avenues
good we'll. cistern, lar, etc. Lot 50xl1o, 81 500
No. 81. Good residence property on Eleventh
| street Good sized lot; new addition to house:
81 900 down, balance to suit. s. $40
No 70 Good property On Second avenue; lot
worth 5000; will sell for 81 .a25. This is the big
gest bargain in the city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
a CA r d,

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness, early
decay, loss of manhood &c, will send recipe
that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by o missionary in South
America. Send Sc faddressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMtN. Statio.. D. .New Fork Ctty.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
In Dodge's Addition

Lower than they have ever been attef
ed Prices range from 5000 To 1915. -
Terms one third cash, balance IN two
years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

Queen VIctoria's favorite dish is tapio-
ca pudding. She is a sturdy eater and a
Fair drinker of claret and red wines
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

Black lace capntes retain the fashiona-
BILE favor they have held so long and with
such good reason.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

White kid gloves with light morning
costumes are correct at Newport. but i'm
practicable in Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

The best dressed lady is the one whose
out,door costume is the least conspicu-
Gus.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

Once begun, chemicals used to beautify
the complexion can never be stopped with
any safety.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
From n Lady's Diary

The ball was somewhat dull tonight,
The ices slnsh, the meats were cold;
I'm sure looked perfect fright;
II can't be that I'm growing old
This season is, think, about
Ny te0th or twelfth: how fast they've rolled
I was quite young when came out,
surely can't be growing old
Ny hair is still as black as Jet,
Ms eyes are brilliant, so IN told;
Ny teeth are fairly good, and yet
| sometimes fear I'm growing old
These low -neeked dresses are sin,
They make one look so very bold,
Ny shoulders are a tritie thin,
BRt that's no sign of growing Old
I'm sentimental, sing and paint,
| hate a cat | never scold;
I'm liable 30 scream or faint;
Indeed, can t be growing old
Once was very, very 10th
To let an amorous lover hold
One hand; vet now offer both,
And that don't look like growing old
| aimed at rank and riches, too,
/ care not now for place or gold;
A SIMPLE, plain. gold ring will do,
Because, some day, may grow old
&C j Preston in Pnck
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

We have for sale large three story brick building well To-
Gated suitable for wholesale house of almost any descrp
ton Large lot 81 down: balance five years:
will pay purchaser 81 900 for the of building until Jan
uary 1888. Price 5000
good two story building, in splendid condition, located
right the business of the city Lot 100 feet Deep easy
terms Price $1,000
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
Unknown to Others

Hoods Sarsaparilla is prepared with the
greatest skill and care. by pharmacists OF
education and long experience. Hence 1t is
medicine worthy of entire confidence. Ii you
suffer from screfula salt rheum, or any dis
ease of the blood, dyspepsia, biliousness, sick
headache, or kidney and liver complaints,
catarrh or rheumatism, do not fail to try
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

Furniture covering for city houses
nowadays is too handsome to be referred
to as ''dust collectors"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
Smuggling Opium Through Canada

WASHINGTON CITY, July lS.-The treasury
department is in receipt of information that
opium is being smuggled into the United
States in large quantities across the northern
frontier. Customs officers on the frontier
have been put on the alert, with a view to eff
fecting seizures of the contraband merchan-
disc
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
LOTS.
In Allen & Fleming's Addit'n,

Ranging in price from $1bn TO 5000
Terms. one half cash. balance in two
years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
LOTS.

Terms $50 to 800 down. balance :in
three 10 five years. Interest only per
cent In one Years time these lots will
double in value. located rs they are.
Only Is left
No 1a1. Two lots on Eighth avenue, near N Ism
street ctrs; ittXiG each; small payment down;
each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ......-... 1900
No t0a Ten lots ia Chcsro or Lower addition.
4 bargain.
No IHf Four lots in block A. Chicago idition.
Si5A inside iat-. $3.50 for corner lois Onefoarth
down, balance 10 suit.
No. rs l. # f1xbyfi1 Second avenue; Bailey
Il Boyle addition; rents 81 per month. sat
isf1ctory terms .............. -...-..... 81 100
No. los. lot aud the east 10 feet Of lot 2 in
block J. NfMaster's addition; easy teTms..-- ft19
No. III. - eatiid lot IN m stree;, between
-treetcl lines ...--.....SI,2 200
No. III. Fine lir.e lot eu Eln street. between
street Gil lines, 61zIgS. Ole Third cash, balance
easy -...... 81 800
No. Il! Eice lot Oh Seventh aTenae; fine l0ca
hon \ bargain. -*-......-...-,$S $3.50
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
Three PecuIiarities

Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier
and regulating medicine, is characterized by
three peeularities, namely:
let. The combination of the various
sSA Ar remedial agents used.
a. The proportion in which the roots,
kO herbs, barks, etc, are mixed.
a. The process by which the active
SO medicinal properties are secured.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

PRESCRIPTIONS Our Prescription department
market and all pre- eript'pns Caua,tRd ID bY
guaranteed to be lower by 50 per cent than elsewhe
Y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19
COMPETITION DEFIED.
PRICES WARRANTED
to be 20 to 80 per cent cheaper at the
HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE
PRICES WARRANTED

Drug Illinois Not only Patent
Medicines a Standard Fancy Goods and Mis-
Readthe
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

.eg"t you bar gains city outside property call
Now the time to buy Real Estate in Rock Island 1t is
SAFE AND SURE The promises that will be
beneficial to the city Everything points increased
realty
DON'T w A TT.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

The ball was somewhat dull tonight,
The ices slnsh, the meats were cold;
I'm sure looked a perfect fright;
1t can't be that I'm growing old!
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

Is stocked with the nurest and best z pods in n
perienced md rsi1ho phar uacists Prices a
re MARSHALL & FISHER Proofs
econd Avenue and Nineteenth St. Rock island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-19

No. 2S Ont-haif acre lot, two story fraI
house 2Sx36. Barn, good well, ci'tern, Il
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25
HOW TO READ.


Nobody can be sure that he has got
clear ideas on a subject unless he has
tried to put them down on a piece OF
paper in independent words of his
own. 1t is an excellent plan, too,
when you have read a good book, to
sit down and write a short abstract OF
what you can remember of it. 1t lsa
still better plan, if you al make up
your minds to a slight extra labor, to
do what Lords Stafford and Gibbon
and Daniel Webster did. After
glancing over the title, subject, or de-
sign of a book, these eminent men
would take a pen and write roughly
what questions they expected to find
answered in it, what difficulties solved,
what kind Of information impaired.
Such practice keep us from reading
with the eye only, gliding vaguely
ver the page; and they help us to
place our new acquisitions in relation
with what we knew before. It's
almost always worth while to read a
thing twice, to make sure that nothing
has been missed or dropped on the
way, or wrongly. conceived or inter
preted. And if the subject be serious,
it is often well to let an interval
elapse.
Ideas, relations, statements OF 1aCt'
are not to be taken by storm. we
have to steep them in the mind, IN tne
hope of thus extracting their inner,
most essence and significance. Ii
lets an interval pass, and then returns,
it is surprising how clear and ripe tna'
has become which, when we le1t ~
seemed crude, obscure, full OF PEI,
plexity. All this takes trouble, ~
doubt but then it will not do to deal
with ideas that we find in books OF
elsewhere as a certain bird does WIN
its eggs-leave them in sand tor tno
sun to hatch and chance to ear feU
pie who follow this plan possess no1n
ing better than ideas half-hatcheo anu
convictions reared by accident. Iney
are like a man who should pace up
and down the world in the delusloa
that he is clad in sumptuous robes y
purple and velvet, when, in truth Ii
is only half covered by the rags a.
tatters of other peoples cast OH clo1n'1
John Morley.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25
THE EVILS OF IMMIGRATION.

The broad, liberal and comprehen-
sive policy adopted by the United
States in dealing with the question of
immigration has led to the rapid de-
velopment of the resources of the
country, and to the aggregation of
wealth. and also furnished a home
market for u vast productions, agri-
cultural and mechanical. We have
drawn heavily upon the population of
Europe for the bone and sinew to
build our railways, till our farms and
develop our mines. So far as these
immigrants were possessed of thrift,
industrious habits and law.abiding
natures their coming has been esteemed
a, national blessing.
The danger line seems to. have been
reached in the fact that the character
OF a large percentage of all the immi-
grants now, arriving at Castle Garden
is not of the material to fill the above
named requisites, and, in fact, are not
safe or desirable as an element of our
population, In this connection the
Philadelphia Press prints an interview
with Dr.. Schultz, whose duty it is to
examine all immigrants who arrive at
Castle Garden. We quote from the
interview /:
Fifty pei. cent. Of the immigration
of the past few years is undesirable,
and half Of that fifty per cent. is a
positive burden on the country. Our
present laws c1othe us with authority
to send back about one-half OF. one per
cent. Of the total Immigration, The
absence Of restrictive legislation is al.
ready beginning to be felt In many
communities, especially in the West,
and the emigration commissioners re-
ceive letters every day begging them
to stop further immigration West.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25

Most of the undesirable ones mol.
their way out there somehow, and ho
come charges On the communitv
Foreigners fill all the Western nocs
houses and lunatic asylums. Son.
years ago they would make no effnus
to get further than New York, relvinc
on their chance of getting a home 90
Wards Island, but the authorizes ba
gan sending them back from tbero
and they have now taken to the West
The worst elements in the immiore
ton are the Italians and the Po7isL
Jews. The contract system amonn
the Italians is still maintained on5
bands of them, whose passage is maid
by contracts, come over on everv shin
All of them 60 to work on railroads
The Polish Jews settle down on tho
east side of New York and sew hnt
tons on mems clothing for the whole.
sale firms along Broadway. Thew live
in filth and poverty. The assisted
immigrant is also a cause of trouble
but undesirable new corners are in
every nationality"
A statement of such a startling char.
acter from n so we'll fitted to iudce
should set legislators, political econ.
omists and other we'll wishers Of this
glorious Republic to investigating and
devising some means whereby the
wheat may be separated from the
chaff, and whereby undesirable immi.
grants shall be prevented from m
barking from foreign shores. The
fruits of this system are to found not
only in the asylums, almshouses and
prisons of the country, but in the
menace to u political system by the
gathering of great colonies Of foreign
ers in the chief cities of the West,
who herd together in their W quar-.
tiers, continue to speak their own Ian.
guage and commence to plot against
the public peace as soon as they are
settled. y.- .a.-.
1t is time, certainly, that the best
American craftsmanship should devote
itself to the consideration of this prob.
lem with the seriousness which its i'm.
portance demands. DR.. Schultz is of
the opinion that a head tax Of $50 or
$500 would meet the difficulty, but
American public sentiment would
probably shrink from applying that
remedy. A better plan would be the
requiring a certificate from the United
States consul at the point of departure,
as suggested by the German societies
of the Northwest. 1t may not be easy
to suggest remedies free from all'ob,
jections, yet the signs of the times
should not be lightly disregarded, and
action should not be delayed until too
late to control a growing evil.-Amer-
acam CuHavator. ''
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25

origin and was introduced by the first
Welsh emigrants for the purpose OF
supplying an early pastures This we
could willingly forego insorder to get
rid of the onions tt Is how com
pletely ~naturalized and will stay with
us unless we are vigilant IN our en-
7deavors to get rid Of it, and the sooner
the better as it will germinate after
laying twelve months on a dry plank:
Like the skunk, its offence comes OF
it's odor and is lasting. b enters,
when grazed upon, into milk, butter,
cheese, beef and pork, and renders
them repugnant even to the most IN
veterate onion eater. Its effects not
only reduces the articles, but abso-
lutely renders them unstable in the
leading markets at any price, and it
the COW had the second lick at them
like the milk drinker she would, no
doubt, 1oath them too. Thorough cul-
iture in summer crops will ultimately
DESTROY them as well as the fertility Of
the soil fBetter persue a more econ
lomical and safe mode, than entail such
wide spread destruction, such as |
caught John Dorsett practicing.' He
was going over his fallew field with a
basket and mattock digging them up
and putting them in the basket to
carry to the wood pile and burn. His
good lady. entered her protest against
burning them in the fire place, as they
ruined the ashes for soappurposes, by
rinparting to them flavor that we are
not willing to take along with us in
cur sunday clothes. "..' at F7fo1
Another disgusting mode of intro
iducing filth into the grist is to
suffer rats to harbor where we store
grain. They are double injurious as
they consume the grin as well as defile
it. AL the poisons manipulated for
their determination are exceedingly
dangerous, and I think it safest to
leave them with the manipulations.
The ancient mode Of keeping cats for
the purpose is the safest and most
effective. They will catch them for
sport as we'll as for food, and are eager
for the chase when not pressed with
hunger. This the facetious may term
the categorical mode. - t'5'
T" AS the Lord swore to hold war of
determination against the Amalekites,
so let us, in humble imitation, SOW ex-
termination against all filth in grain.
IF we become heavy handed and
weary, like Moses did in the battle
against Amalek, possibly an Aaron or
Hur, among our friends may hold up
our hands in Encouragement until the
going down Of the sun, and until the
last root, stem and blade be extermi-
mated from this fair land of ours.
And then, and not till then, will the
grumbling and muttering of the con-
sumner about bad -four be hushed by
the elastic tread and joyous saluta-
lions Of the hosts Of clean seeding and
clean field farmers in their march back
20 Edenic days. And thus we may
stay the tide of emigration Of the
West and Northwest and cause them
to remain among us that we mayhave
choice sons to inherit our lands, who
viii be noble enough to preserve their
6ertiityand cleanliness. A#lI
81 .nihH ilf DAVID MADISON PAYNE.
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